Signal for automobiles.



T. S. SAVAGE.

I SIGNAL F'OR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATioN man SEPT. so. xsl s)t members are joined adjacent the top THEODORE S. SAVAGE, OF OAKLAND, AZFORNL..

SIGNALFGB AUTGMOBILES.

-Specication of Letters latent.

' rateatea rio-v. 5, reis.

Application led September 30, 1915. Serial No. 53,209.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Ti-iiionoim S. SAVAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signals for Automobiles, of which the followingvis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in signals particularly adapted foruse on motor vehicles, the principal object of my iiivention being, to provide a signal to indicate in which direction thevehicle is about to turn, which is light in weight, simple in construction, and which has no moving parts.

Another object of my invention is to provide a signal, which may be noted in daylight as well as by night, which'can be conibined with a tail light, and which may be installed Without much trouble on any motor vehicle.4

W ith these and other objects iii view my invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein described and more specifically'poiiited out in the appended claims.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specificatonr Figure 1 is a view m elevation showing my improved signal with the glass coverpartly broken away.

ig. 2 is a view in end elevation.

Fig. 3 is a view in section on the line 3 3, Fis 1- J Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the structure used in connection with the si al. v

eferring to corresponding parts in the several views by the same numerals of reif. erence, 1 denotes a metal case preferably rectangular in shape and having iianged outer edge 2, and 3 denotes a removable end plate. h Y

Seated within the cese i wood or other insulating ir a base to which certain attached. These walls consist or' the curve members 6 and 7, symmetrically disposed within the casing and extending in opposite direction from the end plates of the casing to the top and bottom walls thereof. These and bottom oi the case 1, to other curved mem bers S extending to the other end wail adjacent the end of members Y and 6 re fn Ei fie 52s spectively. These members are so shaped that members 6, taken 'in connection with members 8 and members 7 taken in connection with members 9 form the outlines of two arrows pointing to the left and right respectively. The recesses formed by these members are quite deep'in comparison with a width and the sides and bottoms are' painted black so that certain lamps placed therein are visible by day as well as by night.

In the preferred embodiment of my inveiition I provide vo lamps denoted by 10 ar ranged in a line through the horizontal axis of these arrows and additional lamps 11 in the compartments 12 formed between divisional walls 6, 7 and 9 and lamps 13 in the compartments 14s formed between the division walls 6, 7 and 8. The base platee is provided with recessed openings 15 in which are seated the lamp sockets 16. rIhe various sockets being connected by suitable wiring shown diagrammatically in Fig. 4. On the back of the 'case l is provided means 17 by which the device may be attached to the rail lamp bracket., or other suitable supportingr structure. V 1

l prefer to provide a. tail Viight i8 mountedll on the top of casing 1 so that all signal ap` paratus maybe associated together in one4 position on the car. This light contains the usual parabolic reflector and electric lamp S39.

In mounting the device on the car l provide two switches, one of which closes a circuit to lamps 10 and 11, the other of which closes a Vcircuit to lamps 10 and 13.

Thus when the signal is installed on a car and it is desired to turn to the lett, that switch is moved which allows current to flow through lamps/16, and lamps lpillriad inatinfr the center compartments and c pertinents le outlining an arrow pointing to the left.. @n tlfieother han it the otxier switch moved the in centercofi i pertinent are. illuniinated together with these or compartments 1Q., outliiiing` an arrow pointingA to the rili't indicating toa followvehicle that the car about to turn to the left or right as either switch i8 or 39 is movi-td. vif both switches are closed a doiable ended arrow is the result, which indicates that vehicle is about to stop.

ilVliile i' have sliown the preferred embodiment and cons will-ce understood that minor changes may be made in .ier 'i and details of construction @tion or' my i;'i'vention itL. 

